big butterfly count

Help us take nature's pulse by joining the big butterfly count. Find out more about this project

Step 1: Get ready
Download our handy butterfly chart or free app for iOS and Android to identify and record the butterflies you spot.
Download the chart
Step 2: Join in
Choose a place and spot butterflies and moths for 15 minutes. Good places include your garden, a park, or in a wood. Use our ID chart to make a note of which species you see. Click to watch a video of Nick Baker introduce the big butterfly count.
Step 3: Submit sightings
big butterfly count 2018 starts on 20 July. Results of the 2017 count

Count Together

This year we're asking you to share your love of butterflies and help us get more people involved in the big butterfly count. We've got some great ideas about ways to involve your friends and family and have fun at the same time. Plus new free resources to download.

Be a big butterfly count ambassador.

View results map

See which butterflies and moths other people have spotted near you and across the UK on our big butterfly count 2017 results map. You can also read all the analysis and results of the 2017 Count.

Free smartphone app

Count on the move with the FREE big butterfly count app.

With the free smartphone app for big butterfly count you can carry out and submit your Count all in one go while out and about watching butterflies. Available for iOS and Android.

The big butterfly count has been brought to you by:

Butterfly Conservation Waitrose